Molding or shaping dough.



G. S. & G. R. BAKER.

MOLDING 0R SHAPING DOUGH.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1013.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

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Inven r Wi, Chess es Geole Samuel Baker 680%5 mLPh Baker.

QAAWM Attorney IHE NORRIS RETERs 00.. FHOTOVLI rH0., WASnlNuroN. u. c.

G. S. & G. R. BAKER. MOLDING OB SHAPING DOUGH.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE20,1913.

1,109,895, Patented Sept. 8. 1914! 4 SK'BBTS- SHEET 2.

11v ventors 'wtllruesses, Geo e, SwmuolBmKu' own/ 54 g l giRal hB m 9 Attori IHL NORRIS PEIEHta c0, PHOTO LITNQ, WASHINGRJM n r G. S. & G. R. BAKER.

MOLDING OR SHAPING DOUGH. APPLICATION PILEDJUNE 20, 1913.

1,109,895. Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

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. Inveyutoi's Gear e (L 0/ r A tborne I 'IIIEJVoRk/s FEYERS C0,. PHOTOJJ THO. WASHINGTON. u: c.

G. & G. R. BAKER.

MOLDING 0R SHAPING DOUGH.

APPLICATION FILED JUN}? 20, 191 3.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

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Inventors Wdlnesses Gear e Samuel, Baker THE NORRIS PE TERS CO.. PHOTOJJTHL. WASHINGTON. 0. c4

' I "11,109,895. l j" p Application filed J'une 20,191a; serialnev zassoaf".

@QGEORGE'SAMUEL VBAKERA'ND' enoiaeng RA H QBAK R, or onnorf; n \feiienn..

To all whom it may concern "Be it known zthat we, GEoReE'j SAMUEL. BAKER and GEORGE (RALPH BAK R, subjects of the King of England, residing at London, in -England,-haveinvented certain new'and useful Improvements in Apparatus "for' Moldin or Shaping: Dough, of which the following is aspecification' i This inventionrelates to a novel method and means for the molding or shaplngof dough, and is more particularly adapted to effect the doubling or; folding'operationsreproduction'of Scotch or square a loaves and the like. 1

quired in the Broadlystated the invention consists in producing a seriesof doubling'and folding operations by a sequence of-movements including the engagement of the initial 'or forward portion of a dough sheet by a doubling or folding member-such-as a roller, the depositing of an intermediate portion'of' said sheet by gravity onto, a support, the feed or deposit of the final portion of the-sheet onto,

the previously mentioned intermediate portion and the subsequent folding of the initial portion onto the'final portion, theseo'perations being if required increased toflproduce any desired number of"i-ntermediate portions or folds. Y 1 The invention further consists in subject ing the dough after-the doubling operations referred to, to thelaction of one or more rollers or'pairs thereof for the purpose of 1 welding, squeezingor compacting the folds prior to a subsequent folding ordoubling operation. g 1" Embodiments of-the invention are repre-' sented in the accompanying drawings, .in

- which 1 Figure l is 'a side elevation of one form'of machine Sllltitbl for ca'rry1n'g out the improved method,.and Fig. 2 a plan view thereof with parts removed. Fig. is aside ele- .vation-of a second formof machine. Fig. A is an end view of the machine shown .1nF1gL 3. *Fig; 5 is a plan view of Fig. 4, and Figs. Band 7 are detail'views of p'artsshown :in

' ;-Figs. 3 to 5.

Referring to Figsal and 2', to effect the initial doubling operations a lump' ofrdough of determined dimensions previously dealtto'sheet or g-agesanie,and isfpassed. from' with if desired in measuring and proving:

apparatus is fed between pairs of "rolls 1, 2

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= said'rolls onto'a Web'or conveyer3 which is given continuous forward-motion and in' I 7 addition the": forward .partffis -given an advafncing andreceding'motion. -Adj'acent the forward end of said web is located a roller 4 capable vof-risin'g and fallingandre'c-iproeating movements, a'n'd'the forward end of the sheetqofdoughis fed, from the web onto ment" combined with the continuous motion of the web; causing a bight or intermediate portlon of' the "sheet- 0f. dough "as to be said roller"whereuponltherolleris caused to recede for: a' determ'ined distance, this move:-

dropped by gravity between the roller and the end of the web, as shown'in broken-lines.

in Fig.1, this 'portion being supported-as by a web;5- supported on the table 6 of the machine or by other appropriate means. This j-web 5 isfshown as extendinga't right angles tofthe" web 3."-The fo'rward end of the web-f3 isthen caused to advance toward the roller, this causing another or final part of the, dough sheet fed forward by-the web 3 to be laid {on that already deposited on i the web 5',the other 'en d still' remaining on the aforesaid roller 4." Theweb sma now again recede and theroller is given: an ad'- vancing, movement in the same direction,

and is at the Sametime rotated as by means of rack and pinion" 8; This action causes the initial portion. of dough on'said roller to-be rolled oif same and deposited upon'th'e second gthi'ckness or final portion of-'dough previously deposited by the: web, :an'd at the same time presses, the" folds made 'inthe 1 piece of dough together, thus producing a lump of dough formed; of three folds'jor thicknesses. At the end-of this stroke the roller'is raised tothe position shown-atthe right in Fig; 1, thus passing clear'pof the lump of dough on the return stroke and allowing said dough to be moved away on the1web5. The folding may. also 'be'performed by returning the foldingroller 4 to theleft'hand (Fig. 1) end of thest rokebe fore laying thedough sheet over'it, and carrying thedoughj'on the web 3 forward to deposit the forward end 'overthe rollerfth'e intermediate-portion ofdough is laid on the support by causing the forward endpf the web to recede ,(the foldingroller remaining stationary) and the web is caused'fto ad v'ance' again to depositthe final part of the doughsheet onto theintermediate portion,

chine'bfFigswB to 5''is adaptetd to deal with two; lumps :of doughsimultaneously but the description of one set of mechanism will snflice for both in sofarhas the: self con andfis reciprocated across the machine by means of a crank 59" pivoted at'59 actuated by arod 60 guided by a sliding bearing 61 carriedrby an arm 62to compensate for are movements of thelower arm of the bell crank, the said rod 60 being operated by a cam 63 on the cam-shaft 6d of the machine,

part ofthe contouronly of said: cam being shown in Fig. 3 for clearness of illustration. Reciprocation ofthe slide 56 across themachine will cause the web 55 to discharge lumps of dough fed'onto it at the cent-erof the machine (about whichpoint the slide re- 7 ciprocates) first onto one end and then onto the other of two flaps 65,-each disposed above a chute .66. .Saidflaps are depressed at the desired' mom'ent, being'FfQr this purpose pivoted or hinged and'eachconnected to a lever 67 interconnectediby a rod 68 and oneof which is actuated by arrod 69, bell crank 70 and cam 71 on 'a shaft 72 driven by gearing 73, 7 1 from the camshaft 64; The

lump of dough is-discharged from the flap 65v into thechute (ac-and passes thence betweenthe g'agingjrolls50, 51, which are i the main driving shaft 78 of the: machine.

geared togetherbytoothed wheels 75' and one of'which'i driven bybevel' gearing 76 and chain and sprocket mechanism 77 from The rolls 51 are mounted in sliding bearings 7 9 :for varying the distance between each pair according to the amount of gaging of the dough required, and are adjustableby means of screws 80 actuated through worm gearing 81 from a hand wheel 82. The sheeted or gaged dough X issuing from the v lowermost pairof rolls 50, 51 is engaged by a roller 53 carried by a reciprocating slide 8-1 and carried by said roller to the'left (Fig. 3), thus causing a part of the dough. still issuing from thehrolls to sag onto the.

web 85 disposed in a direction at right angles to the slide',=and a subsequent or final portion of said dough'to-layitself onthatportion already on the web, whereupon the slide and consequently the roller returns to the right and lays that portion of the dough remaining thereonover the final portion on the web, thus making a'Ithree-fold lump, The-roller 53 is connected to' a pinion 86 which engages a rack 87 carried byl a cross frame 89andalso has a free-whe'el -clutch orequivalent by which 'inU-its movement toward the left no rotation of the roller takes place but'in 'its reverse movement it is rotated bythe rackand pinion, consequently unwindingthefirst portion of dough therefrom and laying it over the final portion issued from the gaging rolls at the same time rollingover said first portion and tending' to compact the whole. The slide 84 is reciprocated across the machine atthe re- I quired times for which purpose it is connected by a link 90 to a lever 91 pivoted on the shaft 72 and pro-videdwitha pairof arms 93, 94', each of whichis positively actuated byva cam 95, 96 respectively on the cam shaft 64:. The dough folding operations above described have taken place onthe web 85, while the latterha remained stationary, H

this web passing over a table 97 capable of erated by-a hand wheels-98% (Fig. 1); The web also passes about aidriving roller '99 at one end and at the opposite. end about a knife edge 100 fixed to the frame and further over'a tensioning roller. 101 and isgiven the desired intermittent movements by the roller vertical adjustment by means ofgearingop l i 99 being geared a :by pinion 102"- and spur wheel 103 to i pawl and ratchet mechanism 104,105, the pawl of'which is actuated-by a rod":'l06=-drivenby a crankdisk 10.7 on the main driving shaft; The lump of dough treated asdescribed 'is fed bythe web 85 be tweenjthe pair ofiw'elding or squeezing rolls 55, 56,the latter of which is mounted in sliding bearings 106 adjustable in guides 106 to vary the distance'between 'said'rolls' by. means of gearing actuated by the hand a wheel 107. [The'rolls 'are gearedtogether and roller55 is driven 'by'part'of the same chain and sprocket mechanism 77 which drives the rolls 50, 51'. The, dough passing between the rolls v55, 56 is now engaged by the second folding or doubling roller 5t,but obviously ina direction at right angles-to previously, this second roller 5i being mounted on a'slide 108working overa web 109. The roller 54: coacts with a rack 5 1 and pinion 54: and al'sojha's a free-wheel clutch "as described with reference to roller 53 and performs exactly similar functions so that no further descriptionthereof is 1 deemed. necessary. It is sufiicient to point out that the slide 108 is operated by a lever 110pivoted at 111 and having two arms112 and 113 operated positively by cams ll t and 115 respectively on a shaft 116 driven by gearing "117', 118 from the main driving- "shaft. The web 109 passes over a table 119 capablev ofver'tical adjustmentas by worm gearing 120 actuated from a hand-wheel 121 and also passes about a driving roller 122,

atensioning roller 123, a guideroller 124" v and a knife edge 125, the roller l24cfand edge 125-being carried" on. a reciprocating slide -126 -ad apted to be actuated by a link 127,

lever l28,pivoted at 111 and having an arm 129 which is operated in one direction by a cam 13.0:on the shaft 116;:tl1e lever being operated in the.otherzdinectionbya earn 138* also on said shaft. The Web 109 is inter.- iniittently ,driven by the .afonesaid pawl and ratchet mechanism lot, 105 for which pure pose the idrivingiroliler 122 is geared iby pinion 181 to the spur Wheel 10,3;

The object ofmountingthe Web109 par,- tially ion the slide 126 is to provide means to discharge the lump of doughiafiter the second doubling or foldingoperations atdifi'erent points nearer to ior farther away from i a the right hand end not the machine which may ibe necessary for ifunther operations conlieoted with the dough, this being ,efi'ected by: reciprocatingsaid slide and thereby caus- :thatpant of {the Web passing over the l ltnifesedge 125 to advance .or recede according to requirements This iconstruotion may however be dispensed with in cases Where the point odi discharge is constant, in which ease-the Web 109 may be nioimted ina similar to web -85above referred to. i

To effect the timing on? eertain of the p arts of the mechanism to secure proper, proportion ,of folds and correct feeding and other movements, we have provided certain ofthe cams, for example the tflapoperatingcam 71 and the pawl and ratchet feed operating disk'107 with agnoitelform;,otspeed reducing a and adjusting mechanism which is shown in detailin Figs; 6 and 7 Taking cam 511 as ancexainple, said cam 1s mounted .1 looselyon its shaft 72land supports at diameta'ically opposite points of its axis planet sired.

Wheels 134 revoluble on studs 135 and meshing with a. pinion x136 fast onthe shaft 72. Said planet Wheels also mesh :With interior teeth on a casing1'37 alsoloose on the shadit, the exterior of said casing :having teeth 138 With .Whichengage-a worm 139011 a shaft lefioperatedby a hand-Wheel 14:1. The inor- 5 maledrive is throughathe shaft 72, pinion 136 andplanet Wheels 135, tolithe ,cam' 71, but when itis desired wto wchangethe actionof the latter thecasing 137 is rotated by the hflIld-WllBBltll'ld Worm gearing-,xthus causing throngh the planet Wheels and pinion an angular displacement ofithe cam with relation to the shaft and effecting the result ,de-

The cam 1 shaft 64- is driven from the cam shaft 116 by bevellgearing 1&2.

Vie do not limitiodrselve's to the particular vmechanism hereinbefore described and illustrated sinceithe same may {be varied Within limits determined by the appended claims without [departing from thespirit of the invention What nte claim as our ,lilventloll and desire to secure by Letters vPatent oiithe United States is:

1 1. 1m a machine for molding and shaping deugh, the combination, of a reciprocatory ifold ng member adapted to engage the initial, portion oi sheet of dough'and more same in ,a horizontal plane a support in a lower plane than saidiolding memberxonto posited by gravity with its final portien in the iior n of a iold, and mean for returning which the remainder of thefidough is ids i Said folding membertodeposit said initial portion over said asecond foldfl 1 2. In a machine for molding and shapingv dough; the combination .of means for teede ing a sheet of dough; a fOldlIlg-Hlfillbfilf adapted to receive the initial po ztion of Lthe remainder in the form of sheet fljiOlll Sflld teeding means, means tor a moving said folding member away from said ifeeding means whereby the remainder 'of said sheet'is deposited by gravity, the

feeding .imeans depositing the .ain'al ,pontion 1 a onto which ,theiremainder of the dough is deposited from said gaging and sheeting means by gravity in :told, the folding member being adapt-ed :todeposit the initial portion of the dough on said remainder inasecondtold. a, 1'

4L. In a machine doranold ing and shaping dough, the combination oflalgaginguand sheeting device, a reciprocating folding member adapted to engage and IGCBIVBI .a portion of: the idoitgh from said gaging and sheeting device :and remove itnthenefronnia .1105

support movable transversely towthe ,move 1 merit of .said folding member, and means ].re-

ceiving the vreniainder of the dough in a i told, there being-a second fold laid thereon by theneturnenowement of: the holding imem her, and means for actuating said anovable supportto disehangeathe.dongh. a

'5. 111a machine for molding and shaping dough, ,ithe icomhinatio n ,of gagingzineans; a feeding element adapted to deliver the doughlto said gaginglnieans, afo-ldingmeim beraadapted-to engageithe initial portion of the dough CEIOIDISELId igaglng means and move same avaay utherefromrin a horizontal plane, \a support in la iloiver plane :than said folding member on which; the remainder of the dough is dep osited :bygravity from the gagingineans'zin the formof a fo-ldpmeans or causing ithe folding vme nber to return" and deposit rtheinitial portion of the; dough on ;the remainder in ia ,second fold, and

means ifor operating said feeding element" in timed ,-rel atio,n (with said foldingmembeim -6 @[n amachineior molding iandshaping dough, the combination of aifoldingi-roller- 1 tion of the dough on said remainder in a second fold and compress the whole.

7. In a machine for molding and shaping dough, the combination of means for feed ing a sheet of dough, a folding roller receiving the initial portion of the dough from said feeding means, a reciprocating slide carrying said roller, means for axially rotating said roller in one direction of slide travel, and for preventing such rotation in the other direction of such travel, a sup: port on which the remainder of the dough isdeposite'd by the feeding means in a fold,

and means for actuating said slide and i rollerwhereby the latter is caused to deposit theinitial portion of the dough on said remainder in a second fold.

8. In a machine for molding and shaping dough, the combination of means for feeding a'sh'eet of dough, a folding roller receiving the initial portion of the dough from said feeding means, a reciprocating slide carrying said roller, means for axially ro- Qtziting said roller in one direction of slide travel, and for preventmg such rotation in the'other direction of such'travel, a support movable transversely to the movement of said folding member on which the remainder of the dough' is deposited by the feeding means in a fold, means for actuating said slide and roller whereby the latter is caused to deposit the initial portion of the ,dough on said remainder in a second fold, and means for actuating said movable support to'discharge the dough.

9. In a machine for molding and shaping dough, the combination of an element for feeding a mass of dough, means receiving.

said mass from the feeding element and adapted to convert same into a sheet of predetermined thickness, a folding roller adapt- Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing ciprocating slide carrying said roller, means for axially rotating said roller in one direction of slide travel, and for preventing such rotation in the other direction of slide;

travel, a support in a lower plane than said folding roller onto which the remainder of the dough is deposited by the sheeting -means in a fold, means for actuating said slide and roller whereby the latter .is caused to depositthe initial portion of the dough on said remainder in a second" fold, means for operating the aforesaid feeding element in time'drelation with saidfolding member,

and means-for varying the timed relation of said feeding member and-folding member to control the. action of the latter on the sheet of dough. f v l 10. In amachine for molding and shaping dough, the combination of an element for feeding separated lumps of dough, gaging and sheeting means receiving at intervals lumps. of dough from said feeding means, a folding member adaptedto engage the initial portion of the sheeted dough and move same away therefrom in a horizontal plane, a support in a lower plane than said folding member on which the remainder of the dough is deposited by gravity in the form of a fold, the folding member being then adapted to return and deposit the initial portion of the dough on the remainder in a second fold, means foroperating said feeding element in timed relation with said folding member, andmeans for varying the timed relation of said last mentioned element and member, whereby the action of the latter'on the sheeted dough may be controlled. v I

In witness whereof we have signed this specification in' the presence of two, witnesses.

GEORGE SAMUEL BAKER. GEORGE RALPH BAKER. 'Witnesses:

, HERBERT D, JAMESON,

O. J. WVoR'rH.

Washington, D. G.

thev Commissioner of Patents, 

